The Green March on Ceuta
Spain must stand firm in the face of this hybrid attack by Morocco and, if necessary, reconsider its stance on Western Sahara.
In the dying days of the Franco dictatorship, in November 1975, Hassan II promoted the Green March on the Spanish colony of Spanish Sahara, which ultimately led to its occupation to this day. The massive entry of people, mostly Moroccans, in the last days of July 2026 into the autonomous city of Ceuta also involves the instrumentalization of civilians in order to achieve political ends.
This instrumentalization is not new and, although it does not have, as it did in 1975, a formal organized call, it does present similarities that need to be assessed, since in both cases the displacement of population towards a territory under Spanish sovereignty or administration appears linked to a clear strategy of pressure on Madrid and to the conversion of the border into a factor of coercion.
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